Travoltas thank Lady Lake for support

John Travolta and Kelly Preston arrive for the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 24, 2008. (UPI Photo/Phil McCarten) | License Photo

OCALA, Fla., March 2 (UPI) -- John Travolta and Kelly Preston have penned a letter thanking town employees in Lady Lake, Fla., for supporting them after their son Jett died in January.

The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said town employees sent the film star couple a message of condolence following 16-year-old Jett's death of a seizure in the Bahamas.

Travolta and his wife, who own a home in Ocala, had previously been supportive of Lady Lake, donating $15,000 to tornado victims in 2007 and helping to raise another $15,000.

The Sentinel said the Travolta family sent a letter thanking the town for its "thoughts and prayers," which they said comforted them during their ordeal.

"This is a time that we've needed our friends and family more than ever and this is a time that you were there and thinking of us," said a note signed by John, Kelly and Ella Travolta. "We deeply appreciate it, but mostly for our sweet Jetty boy."